Port-of-Spain May­or Louis Lee Sing was right in send­ing his let­ter ques­tion­ing the lead­er­ship of the PNM when he did. To all who viewed the no-con­fi­dence de­bate, it was cer­tain­ly ap­par­ent that it was to­tal­ly ir­rel­e­vant and what was achieved could have been ac­com­plished through the nor­mal par­lia­men­tary process. It showed that the Leader of the Op­po­si­tion can­not be ob­jec­tive in his think­ing and is prone to over-the-top mea­sures.

This fact was com­pound­ed when he was forced to is­sue an apol­o­gy to the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al for mak­ing false ac­cu­sa­tions against him. The na­ture of the ac­cu­sa­tions is very se­ri­ous and and damn­ing, and could have had long last­ing con­se­quences.

The Leader of the Op­po­si­tion, even when faced with se­ri­ous doubts sur­round­ing his "facts," still went ahead and made the ac­cu­sa­tion. This speaks vol­umes to his lev­el of re­spon­si­bil­i­ty, or lack there­of, and his aware­ness of his role.

We can­not and should not ac­cept this lev­el of ir­re­spon­si­bil­i­ty from peo­ple who as­pire to lead us.

William Stollmey­er

william.stollmey­er@gmail.com